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XI International Environmental Forum with support and participation of the State Duma Committee on Ecology and Environmental Protection, as well as key ministries and departments will be held in Moscow on July 16-17, 2020.

These are the rivers Agryzka, Ursalinka, Bula, Stepnoy Zai, Sheshma and Bolshoy Cheremshan. The introduction of special conditions for the use of coastal territories is aimed at preventing possible negative consequences during the spring flood.

Pupils of the 8th grade spoke about the dumping of household waste, pollution of water bodies, conservation of forest resources at an environmental lesson in Novosheshminskiy gymnasium. The event was held in a quiz format - the guys demonstrated their projects and social environmental posters.

The ecological workshop “School of a Young Ecologist” is held by the Kazan City Children’s Ecological and Biological Center. Pupils of grades 6-10, at the request of educational institutions of Kazan, parents can take part. Workshop is carried out in the following areas: botany, zoology, general and industrial ecology, project activities. Applications are accepted until May 26, 2020.

In order to develop pupils’ knowledge about the composition of the soil, employees of the Zavolzhskiy Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted an eco-lesson at the Tetyushskaya Tatar Secondary School. According to ecologists, the protection of soils and their rational use is one of the most important tasks of all mankind.

Airat Shigapov, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in the meeting of the Working Group on conservation of snow leopard.

The issues of changing the concept of the project within the framework of the federal program “Preservation of Biological Diversity and Development of Ecological Tourism” were discussed there. Let us recall that Tatarstan specialists, together with academics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, propose creating the “Center for Study of Rare Species of Cats “Ak Bars” in the republic instead of the federal project “Center for Breeding a Snow Leopard” provided for by a passport.

A lecture within the framework of the 100th Anniversary of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Foundation, was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Specialists of the State Committee for Archival Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan addressed the department. They presented historical documents, photographs, newsreel fragments, and audio recordings from the archive fund and spoke about the significant milestones of formation of the Republic of Tatarstan.

634 appeals were received by the Republican Public Reception Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan from the beginning of the year.

118 of them came through the School Eco-patrol mobile application.

Specialists from the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted an environmental lesson in kindergarten No. 128 of a combined type of the Kirovskiy district of Kazan. The event was timed to the Day of Wildlife, which is traditionally celebrated in March. Environmentalists told about the history of the holiday and explained why it is so important to create conditions for the conservation of pristine nature and its inhabitants.

The competition was organized by the Department of Water Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Lower Volga Basin Water Administration with support of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan on the eve of World Water Day. Contestants must draw a picture, fill out the Participant's questionnaire in duplicate, and submit it to the Contest Organizer (Kazan, Adel Kutuya str., 50, office 414) or send it to otdel.nvbvu@tatar.ru till March 16, 2020.